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Gabriel García Márquez

  • Gabriel José García Márquez
  • Gabo
  • Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez
  • Габриэль Гарсиа Маркес
  • Gabito
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Márquez, Gabriel García
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Person
Gender
Male
Date of birth
1927-03-06
Place of birth
Magdalena
Date of death
2014-04-17
Place of death
Ciudad de México

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Gabriel José García Márquez (Latin American Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel ɣaɾˈsi.a ˈmaɾ.kes] ; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo ([ˈɡaβo]) or Gabito ([ɡaˈβito]) throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. In 1958, he married Mercedes Barcha Pardo; they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo. It is a lesser known fact that Gabriel had a daughter with Mexican writer Susana Cato, part of an extramarital affair. They named her Indira, and she took her mother's last name.

García Márquez started as a journalist and wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories. He is best known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) which sold over fifty million copies, Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981), and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style known as magic realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. Some of his works are set in the fictional village of Macondo (mainly inspired by his birthplace, Aracataca), and most of them explore the theme of solitude. He is the most-translated Spanish-language author. "He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, mostly for his masterpiece Cien años de soledad (1967; One Hundred Years of Solitude). He was the fourth Latin American to be so honored, having been preceded by Chilean poets Gabriela Mistral in 1945 and Pablo Neruda in 1971 and by Guatemalan novelist Miguel Ángel Asturias in 1967. With Jorge Luis Borges, García Márquez is the best-known Latin American writer in history."

Upon García Márquez's death in April 2014, Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, called him "the greatest Colombian who ever lived."

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Colombian writer, and journalist. He was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Editions

NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Der Oberst hat niemand, der ihm schreibtPaperback3-423-01601-91982-12
Das Abenteuer des Miguel Littín: Illegal in ChileHardcover3-7632-3499-31988
Cien años de soledadPaperback97860707287922015
LaubsturmPaperback3-423-01432-61987-10
Der General in seinem LabyrinthPaperback3-442-41106-81992
One Hundred Years of SolitudePaperback?2006-06-01
En agosto nos vemosPaperback97895007702242024
Die Liebe in den Zeiten der CholeraPaperback3-423-11360-X1994-05
Nachricht von einer EntführungPaperback3-423-12897-62001-07
Chronik eines angekündigten TodesPaperback3-423-10564-X1990-11
Bericht eines SchiffbrüchigenPaperback3-462-01536-21982
Bericht eines SchiffbrüchigenPaperback3-423-10376-01987-10
Der Herbst des PatriarchenPaperback3-423-01537-31983-08
Leben, um davon zu erzählenPaperback3-596-16266-12005-01
Cem Anos de Solidão (128/129th edition)Paperback97885010120742022
Von der Liebe und anderen DämonenHardcover3-462-02360-81994
Das Abenteuer des Miguel Littín: Illegal in ChilePaperback3-462-01867-11987
Die unglaubliche und traurige Geschichte von der einfältigen Eréndira und ihrer herzlosen Großmutter: Sieben ErzählungenPaperback3-423-10881-91989
Hundert Jahre EinsamkeitPaperback978-3-596-16250-52014-04
Die böse StundePaperback3-423-01717-11982-04
Сто лет одиночестваHardcover5-04-004827-02001
Полковнику никто не пишетHardcover5-04-007929-X2001
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Goodreads Author ID
13450
ISNI
0000 0001 2133 3785
0000 0003 6864 1974
LibraryThing Author
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MusicBrainz Artist ID
5ced2364-f997-4a17-a21e-03d1c9277823
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL4586796A
VIAF
54147956
Wikidata ID
Q5878

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